THE HAWAII FOODBANK NEWSLETTER
JULY 2016
Windward City Shopping Ctr. – Sign Wavers April 16, 2016 was a momentous day of Waterfront Plaza - Gerald Shintaku
Hawaii News Now Team, Gerald Shintaku & Sweetie Pacarro unified alliance to help feed Hawaii’s hungry. & Linda Chu Takayama
Nearly 1,800 volunteers came out to 10 of
our official food drive sites on Oahu to collect TJMaxx
food and funds for the Hawaii Foodbank
27th Annual Food Drive. Sign wavers, fish
netters, cash & food collectors, registration
teams and beautification crews assembled
throughout the island: Kapolei Commons,
Mililani Walmart, McCully Shopping Center,
Pearl HIghlands, Pearl City Shopping Center,
Koko Marina Center – Hawaii Kai Towne
Center, Costco, Waiokeola Congregational
Church – Kahala, Waterfront Plaza and
Windward City Shopping Center for the
largest Hawaii Foodbank food collection
event of the year.
A very warm mahalo goes out to all
outstanding members of our community for
your unique contributions: Food Drive
Sponsors, Vendors and Donors that provided
services or goods, along with our amazing
Volunteers who devoted their time and
services to help feed Hawaii's hungry.
We could not have done it without you.
Thank you all for a successful 27th Annual
Food Drive!
Sharon Dobson Sodexo Hawaii Shotokan Karate Honolulu Police Department
Volunteers at Windward City Shopping Ctr. First Hawaiian Bank Windward Baptist Church - Rebuilders Addictions Ministries
THE HAWAII FOODBANK NEWSLETTER On the second Saturday in May every year, U.S. residents Hawaii Foodservice Alliance, Hawaii Logistics,
donate nonperishable food items for letter carriers to Hawaii Transfer Company, HFM FoodService,
JULY 2016 collect in a nationwide campaign to benefit community Honolulu Freight Service, Meadow Gold Dairies,
EDITOR food banks. While this tradition of community service Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Hawaii, Royal
occurs annually, few of us are aware of how the National Hawaiian Movers and WDI transported food donations
Christina Song Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food picked up from post offices were received at the Hawaii
Drive got started. The pilot drive in October 1991 emerged Foodbank where nearly 500 volunteers worked
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS from conducive engagements between AFL-CIO President tirelessly for 6 hours with the warehouse staff to unload,
Veralynn Kamaka, Tasha Major, Vincent Sombroto and Postmaster General Anthony weigh, sort, box, palletize, wrap and store the collected
Frank which expanded into the biggest single-day food nonperishables. In the evening, Koala Moa Chicken
Stan Markle, Jade Moon, collection in the country. Since its official conception in dinner plates provided by Kaiser Permanente were
Michelle Panoke, Christina Song 1992 through last year, the NALC Food Drive has served to all of the hardworking participants.
contributed more than 1.4 billion pounds of food to feed
Feeding Our Ohana is the the hungry, particularly the children in need who don’t MAHALO NUI LOA
newsletter of the Hawaii Foodbank. have access to subsidized school lunch programs in the
summer. This year’s 24th Annual NALC Stamp Out Big mahalo to the Local Support provided by:
The publication serves to thank Hunger Food Drive held on Saturday, May 14, 2016, is
our donors and inform the public expected to exceed last year’s national total of 71 million AFL-CIO KHON2
pounds, estimated to be worth $150 million. Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii Kaiser Permanente®
about Foodbank events and Armstrong Produce Budweiser KSSK-FM
volunteer opportunities. In Hawaii, Letter Carriers have come together to benefit iHeart Media KYD, Inc.
local food banks: Hawaii Foodbank, Hawaii Foodbank – Department of Education State Meadow Gold
If you do not wish to receive a copy, Kauai Branch, The Food Basket on the Big Island and McDonald’s Hawaii
please email Maui Food Bank to provide food for pantries, shelters and of Hawaii Menehune Water Company
agencies. The statewide coordinated effort led by the NALC KCCN FM 100 Oceanic Time Warner Cable
[email protected] Committee of Hawaii including Terry Kaolulo, HSALC Hawaii FoodService Alliance LLC Pepsi®
or call 836-3600, ext. 223 to have President, NALC Food Drive Co-Chairs Adele HFM FoodService Safeway
Yoshikawa of the Pearl City Post Office, Cynthia Ichizaki Hawaii Logistics Service Printers Hawaii, Inc.
your name removed from our of the Downtown Post Office, Clay Tamaki, Catherine Hawaii News Now Honolulu Star-Advertiser
mailing list. Lederer, The Hawaii State AFL-CIO, LCSP Director, and Hawaii Transfer Co., Ltd. WDI Companies, Inc.
Stan Markle, Director of Product Resourcing of Hawaii Honolulu Freight Service
Our Mission Foodbank organized with various unions and sponsors to Island Movers, Inc.
ensure the success of this year’s Stamp Out Hunger food
The people of Hawaii are one drive. During the week of May 9 approaching the event, Thank you to the union members and representatives
ohana. The Hawaii Foodbank plastic bags sponsored by the Hawaii State AFL-CIO, that came out in support of the NALC food drive:
provides food so that no one in McDonalds of Hawaii, Menehune Water Company and
Honolulu Freight Service were delivered to mailing IBEW 1186 - Damien Kim Seafarers International Union
our family goes hungry. residences and P.O. Boxes statewide. In addition, nearly ILWU Local 142 of N. America - Hazel Galbiso
200,000 announcements sponsored by the Hawaii State IUEC - Marc Yamane
We work to gather food and AFL-CIO, McDonalds of Hawaii, Menehune Water IBEW 1357 - Troy Benevides Operative Plasterers & Cement
support from our communities. Company and Service Printers Hawaii along with the IAM 1998 - Robert Lillis Masons Local 630 - Peter Iriarte
We then distribute food through support of the DOE, HSTA and HGEA were distributed to HSTA
charitable agencies to those in students at over 400 public, private and charter schools HSTA-R DC-50
need. Our mission is from the across the state. The Hawaii State AFL-CIO’s Labor HGEA AFSCME LOCAL 152, UFCW - Pat Loo
Community Services Program coordinated volunteers Laborers
heart, and we will fulfill our consisting of HGEA AFSCME Local 152, HSTA-R and ILWU - AFL-CIO The Hawaii State AFL-CIO -
mission with integrity, humanity Local 142 retirees to meet at IBEW 1186 to assemble the SAG/AFTRA
flyers for statewide distribution. IUPAT District Council 50 Catherine Lederer
and aloha. NALC
COOPERATION - Hazel Galbiso UPW AFSCME Local 646,
Hawaii Foodbank
Together on the day of the NALC Food Drive, letter - AFL-CIO
2611 Kilihau Street carriers gathered and stored food donations at postal
Honolulu, HI 96819 stations throughout Oahu. Trucks provided by Mahalo to our dedicated volunteers:
Ph: 808.836.3600 Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii, Armstrong Produce, First Assembly of God Hospitality Ministry
Fax: 808.836.2272 Kaneohe Marines
Youth Challenge Academy
Questions or comments: Single Marines Program
[email protected] Lighthouse Outreach
Windward Baptist Church
Connect with our ’ohana: Rodney Nagai & other individual volunteers
www.hawaiifoodbank.org
Follow us on:
Mahalo to all companies and organizations for your
support! (Full list: https://www.hawaiifoodbank.org/NALC).
Within the next 2 weeks, Hawaii Foodbank trucks collected
residual donations from post offices. A reported total of
526,816 pounds of food were recorded. Of that total
412,135 pounds were attributed to collections in Oahu.
Continued on page 9
Hawaii Foodbank Board
On March 19, 2016, the Hawaii Foodbank Surprise and Hilton Hawaiian Village Pastry Chef CHAIR
warehouse transformed into a brimming hub to host Amanda Anderson’s Kona sea salt cheesecake, and a Linda Chu Takayama
nearly 800 guests for an evening of Epicurean bold cold-brew coffee from illy. State Department of Labor
delight. The 10th annual signature culinary event, & Industrial Relations
Great Chefs® Fight Hunger showcased a brilliant Throughout the evening, stages inside the warehouse and
ensemble of over 20 of Hawaii’s culinary masters outside under the Hibiscus Tent featured live VICE CHAIR
that gathered to dazzle the senses and nourish our entertainment by multi-instrumentalist Jazzy Jay, the Noel Trainor
community. Savoy Consulting LLC
talented Osorio ’Ohana, sultry folk
At this year’s annual and soul singer Tahiti Rey, veteran SECRETARY
fundraiser, Great Chefs® Fight rock group WREKT, and young James Starshak
Hunger Ilima and Hibiscus indie rockers The Fresh Preps. Carlsmith Ball LLP
ticketholders were escorted to
their tables by our talented The annual Silent Auction TREASURER
and lovely title holders: Miss featured many items, such as gift Neill Char
Hawaii United Continents certificates for culinary First Hawaiian Bank
Easter-Lily Smith, Miss experiences at venues like
Kaka'ako Halialani Parish, Morimoto Waikiki, Orchids at PRESIDENT & CEO
and Miss Diamond Head the Halekulani, and Michel’s at Gerald Shintaku
Teisa Worley. Our Ilima the Colony Surf, cultural Hawaii Foodbank, Inc.
Premium VIP table purchasers experiences from places like Star
– Mrs. Joan Bellinger, HFM of Honolulu Cruises & Events, CHIEF EXECUTIVE ADVISOR
FoodService, HMSA and The Polynesian Cultural Center, and Richard Grimm
Shidler Group and their Diamond Head Theatre, hotel Hawaii Foodbank, Inc.
guests – enjoyed table and stays at Ala Moana Hotel and
premium wine service under Hilton Waikiki Beach, and MEMBERS
the direction of Gary Manago transit passes to ship vehicles to Cindy Bauer
from Hilton Waikiki Beach the mainland from Pasha Surfing the Nations
and Hawaii Foodbank Hawaii. The hottest bidding war
volunteers. Our outdoor VIP was again over a pair of Business Rick Blangiardi
section was expanded again, Class Tickets from our Travel Hawaii News Now
which allowed many Hibiscus Sponsor United Airlines.
VIP guests to purchase tables Stanley Brown
and sit comfortably with their The trend of the evening were the Acosta, Inc.
groups to enjoy the cuisine colorful ribbons attached to house
and music under a special tent. keys on the necks of our guests all Brian Christensen
night long. One lucky key would The Pint Size Corporation
Guests chatted up local unlock the Cellar Door and the
celebrity chefs at restaurant fantastic prize behind it: over five Chuck Cotton
stations throughout the cases of premium wines donated by iHeartMedia
warehouse and tasted Fujioka’s Wine Times, JMD
delicious creations like Roy’s Beverages – Wine Division of Sarah Fargo
Hawaii Chef Lyndsey Paradise Beverages, Johnson Community Volunteer
Simone’s Japanese hamachi Brothers of Hawaii, Southern
crudo with petite seafood salsa and preserved Wine & Spirits, and Young’s Dennis Francis
lemon, Mac 24/7 Chef James Aptakin’s Thai grilled Market Company of Hawaii. The The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
kalbi steak salad, and 12th Ave Grill Chef Kevin night ended in celebration when the lucky winner turned
Hanney’s Maui Rum and coconut braised Maui her key in the Cellar Door lock and won over 60 bottles of Michael Gold
Cattle Company Beef Cheeks with buttered taro outstanding wine. HMSA
mash and Hauula Tomato relish. To complement the
cuisine, guests were served fine wines like the Honig A huge mahalo to our 2016 featured chefs, restaurants Larry Ishii
Cabernet from JMD Beverages and Ferrari-Carano and beverage distributors for their time, talent and American Savings Bank
Chardonnay from Southern Wine & Spirits, craft delectable dishes!
beers like Goose Island Summer Ale from Anheuser- Steve Johnson
Busch and Samuel Adams Cold Snap from Paradise Great Chefs® Fight Hunger is an annual event Community Volunteer
Beverages, and updates on classic cocktails like organized with the contributions of many. Mahalo to
Joey Gottesman’s “Fashionably Great” with D.K Kodama and DK Restaurants, Accel Party Charlie King
Paniolo Whiskey. Cold refreshments like Hawaii Rentals & Design, Elite Parking Services, Audio King Auto Center
Sparkling Water from Menehune Water and Video Hawaii, Sweetie Pacarro and KSSK for their
Sumatra Dragonfruit Antioxidant Infusion from Bai5 expertise in making the event a success. Proceeds from D.K Kodama
were also enjoyed. Guests finished up their culinary the 2016 Great Chefs® Fight Hunger event totaled D.K Restaurants
experience with sweet samples like MW over $105,000 and will help to provide over 265,000
Restaurants Chef Michelle Karr-Ueoka’s Dessert meals to Hawaii’s hungry. Mahalo nui loa for your Pastor Timothy Mason
support and please join us at next year’s Great Chefs® Calvary By the Sea Lutheran Church
Fight Hunger on March 25, 2017!
Jeff Moken
Island Air
Jade Moon
Community Volunteer
Ali Nikkhoo
Community Volunteer
Barry O’Connell
HFM FoodService
Ku‘uhaku Park
Matson Navigation
Sheri Rolf
Rolf Advertising
Daryl Sato
Community Volunteer
Mary Sellers
Bank of Hawaii
Mark Tonini
Hawaii Foodservice Alliance LLC
Ed Treschuk
Sullivan Family of Companies
HAWAII FOODBANK – KAUAI BRANCH
KAUAI ADVISORY BOARD
Charlie King, Lead Representative
King Auto Center
Dr. Addison Bulosan
The Specific Chiropractic - Kauai
Diane Keeler
Walmart
Lesah Merritt
Safeway
Beth Tokioka
Syngenta Hawaii LLC
Check out our website to see the list of the Great Chefs® Ensemble at http://www.hawaiifoodbank.org/great-chefs-fight-hunger Gordon Yee 3
YeeCorp Financial, Inc.
Great Chefs® is the registered trademark of Great Chefs® Television/Publishing, GCI, Inc., New Orleans.
JULY 2016
Kauai Branch News
Left to Right: Volunteers Eddie Pickop & Killnoe ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE to help them supply their food pantry
Okami and Mark Whitson from St. Catherine’s needs, Mark stated, “it would impact what
Catholic Church’s Food Pantry at Safeway-Kapa`a The Hawaii Foodbank – Kauai Branch held its we do for the community greatly. It would
on Saturday, April 16th 27th Annual Food Drive on Saturday, April be difficult to feed these folks.” Eddie
16, 2016. Our statewide effort was out in full Pickop informed that there are other
The young women of Na Hoku O Kauai and Girl force with terrific volunteers, and this year items that folks can donate to the Kauai
Scout Troupe 823. Left to right: Aleah Yano, Alexis was especially a great success for Kauai— Branch that are overlooked essentials like
Cacabelos, Kaytlen Akau and Jayda Wakilina Kauai exceeding last year’s total with $5,159.09 pet food, diapers, and other toiletries. Ann
at Safeway-Lihue volunteering at the Hawaii and 2,506 pounds collected! We would like Villanueva explains that “this is
Foodbank–Kauai Branch Annual Food Drive on to thank all of the locations: community and fellowship for us, we
Saturday, April 16, 2016. • Safeway – Kapa`a & Lihue enjoy what we are doing. There is a core
• KFC-Lihue group of us that set up on Tuesday and
• Walmart distribute on Wednesday, and we look
• Big Save- Koloa, Ele`ele, Waimea forward to that.” Mark mentions that they
• Princeville Foodland also receive fresh fruits and vegetables
from farmers on island.
St. Catherine Food Pantry has been involved
with Hawaii Foodbank-Kauai Branch for Safeway-Lihue had Girl Scout Troop 823
about 6 years under the guidance of Mark with the direction of Troupe Leader,
Whitson. The volunteers were at Safeway- Teresa Caires and leadership of Sheryl
Kapa`a on the rainy Saturday morning, and Perreira and the young women of Na
many of them have attributed the success of Hoku O Kauai. They are empowered by
the program to Mark’s work as Operational the skills they learn in Girl Scouts and
Manager of St. Catherine Food Pantry. Within pageant participation. To these ladies
a week, an estimated number 350 people, who are poised to do community service,
180 of which are children under the age of 18 we say mahalo nui loa!
are serviced with approximately 3,000
pounds of feed during operative days in the
food pantry. If they didn’t have Kauai Branch
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS’
STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE
The Kauai Branch warehouse was filled with donations on May 14, 2016 for the 24th
annual NALC Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Wes Perreira, Warehouse Supervisor
reported 13,198 pounds of food donation were collected this year, an 11% increase
from the previous year’s total of 11,927 pounds. Out of the 15 post offices, the stations
that had the greatest amount of donations were in Kapaa with 4,966 pounds.
Thank you to all of the participating letter carriers and post office staff for their Left to right: Wes Perreira, Warehouse Supervisor and
amazing support to feeding Kauai’s hungry! Michelle Panoke, Agency & Administrative Supervisor
WONG FOUNDATION
FOOD DROP OFF – KAUAI
April 15, 2016 – For the second year in a row,
Matson Navigation Company has donated $1,000
to Hawaii Foodbank – Kauai Branch to fight hunger
in Kauai. Pictured is Patrick Ono and Michelle
Panoke, Agency & Administrative Supervisor of
Hawaii Foodbank – Kauai Branch.
4 FEEDING OUR OHANA
Hele Mai — Come Join Us!
ALOHA UNITED WAY THE 12TH ANNUAL HUNGER WALK
August 17 through October 2, 2016 Saturday, September 17, 2016
Hawaii Foodbank, AUW#96640 FRANK F. FASI MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND CIVIC GROUNDS
Check-in: 8:00 a.m.
Hawaii Foodbank invites you Walk begins: 9:00 a.m.
to help feed Hawaii’s hungry, Program: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
by requesting a donor
designation form and making a Put on your walking shoes and
contribution to the Hawaii
Foodbank, #96640. Your help fight hunger in Oahu! All
donations to the Foodbank will help feed our children, the
elderly, the homeless, low-income families, the disabled proceeds from the one-mile
and others in need. Donor Choice Designation List:
https://www.auw.org/nonprofit-agency-guide/ event will benefit Hawaii
Foodbank member agencies:
food pantries, meal programs,
soup kitchens, homeless St. Pius X Church
shelters and rehabilitation
MACY’S 11TH ANNUAL centers that serve the needy in our communities. You can designate your pledges to a
SHOP FOR A CAUSE
participating hunger relief agency of your choice or take part in a general walk fund for
Friday through Sunday
multiple agencies. By sponsoring one of the Foodbank member agencies, you are
August 26-28, 2016
helping to fight hunger in your community. Participating agencies in the Hunger Walk
use funds raised to ensure that they can continue to provide much needed food to
Support the Hawaii Foodbank as you hungry adults, children, families and seniors. Agencies raising $200.00 or more qualify
Shop For A Cause at all Macy’s Hawaii for percentage matching by the Harry C. & Nee Chang C. Wong Foundation. Your
stores. Just purchase a $5 shopping contribution will support agencies to help feed our neighbors, coworkers, friends and
pass from the Hawaii Foodbank and families in need. Please join us for fun-filled day of exercise, food, refreshments, keiki
enjoy a 25 percent discount regular,
the magic of giving activities and live on-stage entertainment!
sale and clearance items, including macys Download a brochure and a registration form at http://www.hawaiifoodbank.org/hungerwalk.
home goods – and most brands usually excluded. Save 10 For more information, please call 836-3600, ext. 247
percent on electronics, watches, furniture, mattresses and THE 11TH ANNUAL CANSTRUCTION® AT PEARLRIDGE UPTOWN
“Galacti-CAN-goods: Meals for our ‘Ohana, our Hawaii, our Earth
more! Plus, enter to win a $500 Macy's gift card! and our Galaxy ... One Can at a Time”
Build-Day: Saturday, October 1, 2016
All proceeds from shopping passes sold by the Hawaii
Foodbank will help feed the hungry in Hawaii. Voting for “People’s Choice Award”: October 1 – 16, 2016.
Call 836-3600, ext. 223 or go to
www.hawaiifoodbank.org to purchase your Shop For A DeCanstruction & Award Ceremony: Sunday, October 16 2016, 2pm – 4pm
Cause shopping pass.
Hunger affects thousands in our own community, and
HUNGER ACTION MONTH significantly impacts the health of our planet. This
“30 Ways in 30 Days” year’s Canstruction competition reaches beyond our
September 1 through 30, 2016
mission to end hunger from our microcosmic ohana in
September is Hunger Action
Month! The Hawaii Foodbank and Hawaii to a global movement into the infinite cosmos.
its national affiliate, Feeding America, want everyone to
do one small thing each day to help someone in need and Our galactic theme combines the extraordinary feats of
raise awareness of hunger in Hawaii. Please visit our
website daily at www.hawaiifoodbank.org for information science, technology and interstellar travel with the
and activities on our Hunger Action Month calendar.
unbounded imagination to “canstruct” our way to
worlds beyond our own universe. Teams within
Hawaii’s design and construction industry are
encouraged to rally around this year’s theme by using
their creativity and design skills to build structures that
GIVE ALOHA Juror’s Favorite & People’s Choice reflect the universal pursuit of discovery, exploration,
awarded to: “Appetite for and humanitarianism.
September 1 through 30, 2016 CANstruction” by WATG 2015
ALL FOODLAND AND SACK ’N SAVE STORES Your vote is needed! Visit Pearlridge Center, Uptown
Hawaii Foodbank Donation Code - 77425
from October 1 – 16 and vote for your favorite structure. ONE can = ONE vote; vote as
Please visit your neighborhood Foodland and/or Sack ‘N
Save store during the often as you wish. The structure with the most votes will win the People’s Choice to be
month of September and
“Give Aloha” to help feed announced at the award ceremony on October 16. Together we CAN make a difference!
the hungry in Hawaii. Just
hand the cashier your AIA Honolulu: 545-4242 or www.aiahonolulu.org, “Events”
Maika‘i Card, mention
Hawaii Foodbank code 77425 and make a donation up to Hawaii Foodbank: 836-3600, ext. 240 or [email protected]
$249. Donations raised will be matched by Foodland and
the Western Union Foundation, up to $300,000 for all HAWAII-PACIFIC AREA 2016 COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN
participating nonprofit organizations combined.
http://www.foodland.com/our-community/give-aloha CFC #38446 • September through October 2016
The Hawaii Foodbank encourages all federal employees to
participate in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Please
designate your donations to the Hawaii Foodbank, CFC
#38446. Your contributions will help feed Hawaii’s children, the elderly, the homeless,
low-income families, the disabled and the temporarily unemployed.
http://www.cfc-hawaii.org/index.html
JULY 2016 5
Mahalo To Our Donors
FIGHT HUNGER HUI Ms. Megan O’Connell & DuPont Pioneer Mr. Frederick J. Shine III Ms. Nancy Bartter Michael J. Chun, Ph.D. Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Foti
Mr. Warren Ripley Robert & Sharon Ehrhorn SJ Foundation Patricia & Christopher Bazin Stewart Chun & Diane Sakumoto Ms. Frances C. Fox
Recurring Donors Electricians, Inc. Mr. James L. Starshak Martin & Ann Beach Mr. & Mrs. Victor A. Chun Leslie Frank
Ms. Cassandra J. L. Abdul Ms. Kirsten L. Oleson Admiral Thomas & Mrs. Sarah State of Hawaii Gale & Li-Ling Beardsley Mrs. Twyla Chun Mr. Peter Freeman
Ms. Diane E. Adkins Mrs. Sarah Omalza Sullivan Family of Companies Ms. Healani M. Beck Diane LF Chung Mr. Raybern P. Freitas
Ms. Carol Aki Dayle & James Onishi Fargo, USN (Ret.) Tamura Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Roderick Becker Ms. Irene Y. Chung Mr. & Mrs. William A. Friedl
Christopher & Paula Aldis Mr. Steven J. Oppenheimer Feeding America Tamura Super Market Ms. Betsy A. Behnke Mr. James P. Chung Friends of Maile Shimabukuro
Ms. Yvonne M. Angut Ms. Barbara M. Ornellas First Hawaiian Bank The Gentry Companies Mr. & Mrs. William H. Beimes Ms. Kiyoko Chung Ms. Ericka L. Frink
Mr. Clayton Apilando Ms. Jacqueline Palmer-Lasky First Insurance Charitable The Grainger Foundation Benefit Plan Solutions, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Chung Frito-Lay of Hawaii
Mr. Arvind Arya Mr. John L. Pang The Harry and Jeanette Mr. Joel Benoliel Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Chung Ms. Bonnie-Lynn H. Fujii
Mr. Kelvin Y. Asato Ms. Judy Q.U. Park Foundation Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Berkey Ms. Sze Ting Chung Ms. Mira Fujii
Mr. Richard Asato Mrs. Carole Picciotto First Insurance Co. of Hawaii, Ltd. Weinberg Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bernier Edward & Pihsia Ciliberti Mr. Eric Fujimoto
Mr. Allen H. Awaya Mr. J. William Potter, Jr. First Unitarian Church of The Shidler Group Ms. Mary Ann J. Berry Mr. Demmis Y. Cisneros Mrs. Wendy Fujimoto
Mrs. Su-Ann Y. Banuilos Ms. Denise Preziosi United Health Group Mary Bertolino Ms. Jessica N. Ciufo Mr. Michael T. Fujioka
Ms. Virginia A. Beck Ms. Josette F. Rapoza Honolulu University of Hawaii Mr. & Mrs. Max L. Besenbruch Mr. Harley Clark & Mrs. Ruby N. Fujioka
Ms. Sue Beitia Restaurant Yoshiya First United Methodist Church Leslie & Annie Usui Mr. Ian Birnie Mr. Del-Marc Fujita
Ms. Mary Bertolino W.S. Rogers German Benevolent Society of Mr. Paul A. Uyeshiro Mrs. Mary G. Bitterman Ms. Susan Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Y. Fujita
Mr. Kenneth G. Best Waileia Davis Roster Ms. Cheryl Villareal Blackmore Brady Hawaii LLC Ms. Emma G. Clemente Ms. Cynthia Y. Fukuda
Ms. Teresa Bill Richard & Judith Rovin Honolulu, Inc. Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Chris & Gerry Blass Richard & Terry Clifton Mr. Harry Mark Fukuhara
Blackmore Brady Hawaii LLC Leila & Benjamin Sagarang Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Gladstone Mr. David T. Blewett Ms. Jean E. Cochrane Royce & Jane Fukunaga
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Boylan Mr. & Mrs. Greg K. Sakamoto Bill & Sheri Gleason Spa Blind Vendors Ohana, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Marc Coel Mrs. Ann Fukushima
Ms. Barbara J. Brodhead Allan & Shirley Samuelson Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel Waiokeola Congregational Church Mr. Erik H. Boerstler Peter & Bernie Colarusso Mr. Brent K. Funakoshi
Ms. Sheri Brown Mr. Michael W. Sankovic Grace Pacific LLC Walmart Mr. & Mrs. Chris A. Bolte Ms. Carol A. Coleman Ms. Lori S. Funasaki
Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Cambra Mr. Glenn S. Sato Grainger Industrial Supplies Walmart Foundation Mrs. Joan M. Bolte Ms. Beth-Ann G. Coller Edward & Grace Furukawa
Candace M. Wada D.D.S. Col. William A. Schaake Harry C. & Nee Chang C. Wong Ward Village Mr. James R. Bone Mr. Selwyn J. Collins II Michael & Claire Furukawa
Mr. William W. Carreira Mr. George J. Schmelzer Windward City Shopping Center Mrs. Althea Bonifacio Ms. Catherine P. Colon Mr. & Mrs. George M. Furuuchi
Mr. Noel I. Carreon Ms. Stephanie D. Scott Foundation Ms. Kiyoko Wong Mrs. Eva I. Borden-Kanoho Communications & Electrical Ms. Susan J. Furuya
Ms. Paula S. Carroll Andrew & Angela Shattuck The Hartley Foundation Y. Hata & Co., Limited Ludovic & Maya Bousquet Alvin & Karen Fuse
Ms. Stella C. Catalan Mr. Norris S. Shito Hawaii Community Foundation Young’s Market Company of Bowers + Kubota Consulting Services Corporation Ms. Lolita R. Gabuat
Ms. Blossom M.H. Chang Mr. Jim Simmons Hawaii Food Industry Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Alan Boyd Community Church of Honolulu Geoff & Lena Galbraith
Mr. Jingyu Chen Mr. Lawrence Soto Hawaii Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Boylan Ms. Tasha Conching Mr. & Mrs. Alan F. Gamble
Mr. Arnold Ching, Jr. Ms. Lily Sui-Fong Sun Association, Inc. Harold & Beverly Zane Mr. James M. Bredberg Jim & Irene Connors Mr. Fred K. Gamble
Ms. Patsy R.O. Chun Gerald & Paula Suyama Hawaii Job Corps Center Zephyr Insurance Company, Inc. Dr. Joe P Breuwet Gene & Sheila Conry Mr. Howard F. Gardiner
Ms. Simone E. Cole Mr. Kiley N. Tahara Hawaii Justice Foundation Ms. Barbara J. Brodhead Ms. Dolores M. Cook Sheryl P. Gardner, M.D.
Ms. Carol A. Coleman Mrs. Evelyn A. Takara Hawaii Kai Towne Center LAULOA Mr. Daniel G. Brown Mr. James C. Cooper Ms. Charlene P. Gaspar
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Mr. Ken M. Takemoto Hawaii Pet Expo Ms. Sheri Brown Robert & Sonia Cooper Mrs. Marjorie N. Gaza
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Y. Tanouye Hawaii Self Storage Kauai Branch Ms. Judith Buffington Core Raceway Asset Manager, LLC Robert & Sue Gibson
Fatiha Curran-Kheddaoui Ms. Rizalminda Teocson Hawaii Shotokan Karate, Inc. Mr. Lars Borg Buho Waikiki, LLC dba Buho Ms. Barbara F. Coriell Mrs. Florencia Giesseman
Mrs. Dorothy J. Dale Mr. & Mrs. Anthony R. Tepedino Hawaii State AFL-CIO Ms. Marty Jo Collins Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Correa Gilford Sato & Associates,
Ms. Catherine E. Davis The Baldwin Group Inc. Hawaiian Cement DuPont Pioneer Cocina y Cantina Crafts Way, LLC
Ms. Kris DeBode Mr. Wade Tonaki Hawaiian Electric Industries Hui O Na Makuahine Hookahi O Cynthia R. Burdge, M.D. Mr. Timothy A. Craig CPAs, Inc.
Ms. Doris Domingo Ms. Mary E. Tripoli Mr. Edward Burke Mr. John Crank Mr. & Mrs. William W. Gilman
Mrs. Sharon D. Dowdell Mr. Joseph Uno Charitable Foundation Kauai Mr. & Mrs. H. Richard Burson Mr. Stephen K. Craven Give With Liberty - Liberty
Mrs. Diane F. England Mr. Richard van Bodegom HFM FoodService Kauai United Way Ms. Loretta M. Burton Creative Photo Frames
Mrs. Suzanne S. Evans Ms. Danette H. Victorino Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. King Mr. & Mrs. William C. Butler Mr. Carroll J. Creech Mutual Foundation Match
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with Chelsea Hardin, Miss Hawaii USA 2016 &
Alyshia Shimizu, Miss Ultimate Elite 2016
February 12, 2016 – The beautiful Hawaii Prince Golf Club chances at the prizes by beating their rival at the ever popular
welcomed 48 teams to the 12th Annual Hawaii Foodbank Golf Crazy Croquet or Portuguese Horseshoe games. Our golfers were
Classic. It was a day of friendly competition over 18 challenging kept cool on the course with adult refreshments courtesy of the
holes to benefit the Hawaii Foodbank and help feed the hungry. Miller Light and Coors Light ladies on their souped-up beer carts.
After checking in at 9:00 a.m., golfers grabbed fresh fruits donated At the end of the day, golfers gathered at the Bird of Paradise
by Armstrong Produce and Dole Foods Company Hawaii, and Restaurant to join emcee Kimo Kahoano for delicious dinner and
musubi donated by HFM FoodService before hitting the driving prizes awarded by the lovely Chelsea Hardin, Miss Hawaii USA
range for last-minute coaching by golf professional Dave 2016, and Alyshia Shimizu, Miss Ultimate Elite 2016. Paul
Kowalczyk of Roger Dunn Golf Shops. The Bridgestone Golf Tomita from Angel Network Charities won the Early Bird Entry
putting contest gave participants a chance to win OGIO "Layover" Prize, golf for two at Makaha Valley, Olomana Links AND Royal
Rolling Carry-Ons for their whole team before even setting foot on Hawaiian Golf Clubs with golf accessories from James D. Swoish.
the course. Everyone fueled up with lunch provided by Penske Julie Miyagi on the Road Safety Services and Design team won the
Truck Rental & Leasing and Hawaii Foodservice Alliance. putting contest. Winners of the Closest-to-the-Pin contest were Ron
Yamada, Cappy Capelouto, Del-Marc Fujita and Gary Villanueva,
At the 11:30 a.m. shot gun tee off, golfers were given golf balls and our four winners of the Greenies competition got to share in
courtesy of Bridgestone Golf and HFM FoodService. Hawaii the Greenie Pot! Team and Lucky Draw prizes included gift
Prince’s Daniel Abergas explained the rules of the 3-man certificates from hotels, restaurants and one-of-a-kind experiences.
scramble, and emcee Kimo Kahoano started the tournament with
a blessing before sending the golfers off. They snacked on chips The Hawaii Foodbank 12th Annual Golf Classic raised enough to
from Frito Lay and James D. Swoish, Svenhard’s pastries from provide almost 76,000 meals to Hawaii’s hungry thanks to the
Hawaii FoodService Alliance, candy bars from Advantage Webco commitment and dedication of the 2016 Hawaii Foodbank Hospitality
Hawaii and fresh-baked cookies from the DoubleTree by Hilton Coalition, led by the indomitable Fuji Schenck of the Waikiki Beach
Alana Waikiki, and enjoyed cold drinks from Coca-Cola Hawaii. Marriott Resort and Spa. A very big mahalo to our Birdie sponsors
A-1 A-Lectrician, First Hawaiian Bank, and Meadow Gold Dairies,
One the course, there was a hole-in-one opportunity sponsored by and to our Official Travel Sponsor United Airlines.
New City Nissan to win a 2016 Nissan Altima, and three chances
to win pairs of tickets to Hawaii’s Premier Culinary Event, Great Please save the date for the 13th Annual Hawaii Foodbank Golf
Chefs® Fight Hunger. Golfers could win tickets by correctly Classic on Friday, February 17, 2017 at the Hawaii Prince Golf
guessing “How Many Tees in the Foodbank Jar?” or they could get Club for another exciting round of golf to help feed the hungry!
MAHALO TO THE FOLLOWING TEAMS FOR YOUR Continued from page 2
SPONSORSHIP AND PARTICIPATION!
MAHALO MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEE
Birdie Sponsors Halekulani Nursery Associates, Ltd.
A-1 A-Lectrician Hawaii Prince Hotel & Golf Penske Truck Rental & Equipment “Next year’s NALC Food Drive will be marking its 25th year since its
First Hawaiian Bank inception. Even through economic hardships, the NALC continues to
Meadow Gold Dairies Club Leasing be committed to customer service. It also continues to do more than
Hawaii Teamsters Local 996 Road Safety Services and Design delivering the mail, the NALC Food Drive is one of its biggest efforts
“The Works” Teams Hawaii Western to help feed America’s hungry. Every year we always hope to beat last
Aloun Farms (x2) year’s total.” –Adele Yoshikawa.
ALSCO Management Group Times Supermarkets
American Savings Bank Hawaiian Tel Federal Credit Titan Industries LLC “Thank you everyone for such a fine effort to raise over 500,000
Angel Network Charities Touchstone Properties, Ltd. pounds of food to feed Hawaii’s hungry this year. We truly appreciate
Bridgestone Golf Union United Airlines the tremendous support of the donors, sponsors, trucking providers,
Calvary by the Sea HFM FoodService United Public Workers, AFSCME, volunteers, staff, and Hawaii State Association of Letter Carriers and
ConAgra HMSA the USPS to help Stamp Out Hunger in Hawaii.”—Stan Markle,
Cummins Pacific Honolulu Star-Advertiser Local 646, AFL-CIO Director of Product Resourcing, Hawaii Foodbank.
Expedia Hopaco Office Depot/Max Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort &
Fairmont Specialty James D. Swoish Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 13, 2017 for next year’s NALC
Frito-Lay of Hawaii James L. Starshak Spa (x2) Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive in Hawaii!
Gerald Shintaku (x2) Kai Hawaii, Inc.
MFS Freight Service Hole Sponsors JULY 2016 9
MillerCoors HEMIC
Mitsunaga Construction Islands Hospice
New City Nissan Landscape Hawaii, Inc.
Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club
Koko’o — Partnerships in Fighting Hunger
SPAM JAM FOUNDATION DONATES 37,500 MEALS! THROWBACK4HUNGER
JAMATHON FOOD
April 30, 2016 – The 14th Annual Waikiki SPAM Jam included a special check DRIVE
presentation, at the Outrigger center stage. Bitsy Kelley (left) and Barbara
Campbell, President Retail Development and Leasing Outrigger Enterprises Group March 19, 2016 – Kamehameha
(right) representing SPAM Jam Foundation, presented a check of $15,000 Elementary School student Ivory
equivalent to 37,500 meals to Gerald Shintaku, President and CEO of Hawaii Unga (11) hosted a
Foodbank who happily accepted on behalf of our 287,000 hungry clients. ThrowBack4Hunger Jamathon Food
Drive with Zumba instructors
KIEWIT WAIPAHU STATION CREW WINS SAFETY Debbie Roasario & Mara Bacon
AWARD OF THE MONTH Chang at Mililani Ike School, and
raised $525 along with 441 pounds
May 5, 2016 – of canned goods donations. Mahalo
Congratulations for helping Hawaii Foodbank feed
to the Kiewit our island ohana!
Waipahu Station
Crew, Hawaii THE HARRY & JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION
Guideway
Project for May 17, 2016 –
winning the It was Christmas
Safety Award of in May at the
the Month! In Sheraton
celebration, the Waikiki Hotel
crew selected when Vice
the Hawaii Foodbank to receive a $1,000 donation from the Kiewit Infrastructure President of
Group. Lori Kaya, Hawaii Foodbank Grants and Communications Manager Real Estate
gratefully accepted. The Team Donation will distribute food for 2,500 meals to the Investments &
needy. A big mahalo to the Waipahu Station Crew and Kiewit for their generous Community
support this month and throughout the year! Affairs Corbett
Kalama (right)
presented a
charitable
contribution of
$100,000 from
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation to Gerald Shintaku, President and
CEO of Hawaii Foodbank (left) which will provide food for 250,000 meals.
TIMES SUPERMARKETS CADES SCHUTTE LLP
April 29, 2016 – Times Supermarkets Senior Director of Marketing, Chris Borden April 15, 2016 – Mahalo nui loa to Cades Schutte LLP for your outstanding
(left) presented a check of $146,325.36 to the Hawaii Foodbank. Gerald Shintaku, generosity! On behalf of Cades Schutte, LLP Chief Operating Officer May Lee
Hawaii Foodbank President & COO (right), happily received the donation at the shares some impactful words on giving and commmunity engagement: It’s not
39th Annual Times Supermarket Golf Tournament. The proceeds were raised just about making a financial donation—it’s about getting involved, and being
through this year’s Times Golf Tournament and the Check-Out Hunger Program. present in the community. We couldn't be more thankful for our ability to
donate over 3 tons, and more than $12,000 to the Hawaii Foodbank this year.
10 FEEDING OUR OHANA Over the past month our entire team came together to support one common
goal and make these donations possible. Cades' attorney Kelly LaPorte (right),
pictured here with Food Drive Manager Kim Bartenstein (left), sums it up
perfectly: “The Foodbank helps so many in our community, we are honored to
be able to contribute to their cause.”
AGENCY SPOTLIGHT
Partners in Development Foundation
For nearly two decades, state: six on O‘ahu, twelve on the Big
Island, four on Kaua‘i, two on Molokai
Partners in Development and four on Maui.
Foundation has dedicated Another successful program of PIDF is
Nā Pono No Nā ‘Ohana, a
their efforts deeply rooted in comprehensive family education
program. The program is located at
traditional Hawaiian values Blanche Pope Elementary School in
Waimanalo where the
and practices to address parent/caregivers and their children
attend together in an environment that
current affairs in ho‘ona‘auao nurtures learning and promotes
education beyond reading and writing. This implementation
education, ahupua‘a in of the ahupua‘a system provides a great way for adults to
have fun while learning, playing and socializing.
environmental stewardship,
While there are observable variances in the practices of
economic development and Hawaiian traditions and western values, both share
overlapping core concepts such as pa‘ahana (righteousness),
community health. PDIF has kela (excellence), alaka‘i (leadership), and ku i ka ni‘o
(achievement). The difference is in their philosophy: Rather
devised several programs Members of Nā Pono No Nā ‘Ohana Staff than drawing attention to individual achievements,
including Tūtū and Me and Hawaiians practice these values by striving for excellence
through hard work for the benefit of the group.
Nā Pono No Nā ‘Ohana. The foundation’s first program
was established in 2001 as a free traveling preschool. It
has pioneered the fruition of Ka Pa‘alana Homeless
Family Education Program which works in partnerships
with agencies and the Hawaii Foodbank in the Leeward
coast. As a result of socio-economic conditions infused
with ‘ohana values, Grandparents or tūtū, are often the
primary caregivers of their young grandchildren. Today,
the effects of this program reaches hundreds of at-risk
children and their caregivers through a hands-on
curriculum provided in 28 communities throughout the
Nā Pono No Nā ‘Ohana at Waiamanalo Beach “Partners in Development
Foundation inspires and equips
families and communities
for success and service,
using timeless Hawaiian
values and traditions.”
–mission statement of Partners
in Development Foundation
https://www.pidf.org/
Harry C. & Nee Chang C. Wong Foundation
FOOD DROP OFF AREA
April 14, 2016 –
A big thank you to
Island Palm
Community for their
generous contribution
of 6,952 pounds of
non-perishable food
and $650. The donations will allow the
Hawaii Foodbank to provide food for
7,099 meals to feed Hawaii’s hungry!
Left to right: Greg Valencia, Keller Alex (temp), Dane Garnette, Justin Leiwalo, Debbi McQuay,
Susan Mills, Steve Ellis, Tom Adams, Pete Sims, Emmit Gabrillo, Dino Campollo
JULY 2016 11
HAWAII FOODBANK, INC. Nonprofit
Organization
2611 Kilihau Street U.S. Postage
Honolulu, HI 96819
PAID
Phone: 808.836.3600 Hawaii Foodbank
Fax: 808.836.2272
www.hawaiifoodbank.org
Email: [email protected]
Helping to Feed Hawaii’s Hungry
Nourishing Body and Soul
Jade Moon
What a year Whew. That’s a lot. But there’s a elusive brass ring of security.
this has reason for it all—and we see it every
been—and day in the eyes and the lives of the We see Germaya, an orphan, with her
it’s only half over! people who need us. sisters and her brothers. They look
Hawaii Foodbank has out for each other but they accept the
been BUSY. Want to We see the families who scrape help of Pastor Charlie Lorenz,
know how hard these together the money they need for Executive Director of Feeding Hawaii
good people work? rent and electricity… and food. Together. It’s a non-profit agency
Here’s just a partial that provides food, but also clothes...
list of the events they We see children who either are too and books. That’s right, books.
pull off every year in order to keep the mission young to know how their parents
alive and healthy: worry, or are old enough to wonder I like that. Feed and clothe the body,
where their next meal is coming nourish the mind.
• Community Food Drives from.
• Annual Hunger Walk When you become part of our Hawaii
• Canstruction We see kupuna, aunties and uncles Foodbank family, that’s exactly what
• Rack-A-Thon who pinch their pennies, yet can’t you’re doing. You’re helping us feed
• Check-Out Hunger stretch fixed incomes enough to bodies and minds, AND providing a
• KickOff Breakfast make it to the end of the month. big helping of hope.
• Annual Food Drive Day
• Great Chefs® Fight Hunger We see the homeless. We see those Mahalo, once again, for choosing to
• Annual Golf Classic who are just a step or two away from help the Hawaii Foodbank and, by
• National Association of Letter Carriers homelessness. extension, our entire Hawaii ‘ohana.
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive We see men and women working Because we don’t let family go
hard yet never quite able to grasp the hungry. Because we care.
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